The Pirate Bay Is Back Online

Popular torrent site The Pirate Bay makes a triumphant return after being shut down late last year by Swedish authorities. Torrenting as a “hobby” wasn’t really affected because of all the other sites (and the numerous copycats that popped up), but with thepiratebay.se going live, it’s clear that there’s no stopping the torrent life, and that the raid didn’t crush them and there wasn’t much data loss.

The new version is said to be stripped down, leading to reported internal conflicts between senior staff, admins and moderators:

“The Pirate Bay is expected to launch a trimmed down version without room for the dozens of moderators and admins who looked after the site over the past decade.

This lighter version of The Pirate Bay will be easier to operate but the plan has also upset many former staffers. This includes people who have been with the site for over a decade, removing fake torrents and other types of spam.”

The site already seems to be flourishing, with plenty of uploads and downloads happening right now.

So go torrent all the music you want, because apparently we’re still living in 2007 when torrents still matter.